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8.08 bats around some early season MLB starts (0:38), drops in a look at the TGFBI standings then performs some early season TGFBI diagnostics (6:44), and reviews Jhoan Duran (24:36).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.07 ponders the early MLB call-ups (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (2:56), reveals the automatic MLB game predictor page https://fantasy-toolz.github.io/predictions.html (4:46), and reviews David Bednar (19:38).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.06 - These Guys Are Brothers
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8.06 welcomes opening weekend (0:39), bats around some Dune (3:03), peeks at the early batting order findings (6:22), and reviews Alexis Diaz (28:31).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.05 wonders at Ohtani & Betts being on the same team (0:40), stumbles into some Fantasy news (2:47), wanders through some longitudinal ownership data (7:25), and reviews Raisel Iglesias (24:11).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.04 bats around some MLB preseason topics (0:38), finds where Disney makes money (4:27), wonders at some prospects by setting some lines on top prospects (7:25), and reviews Camilo Doval (25:27).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.03 finds the end of the TGFBI draft (0:38), peeks at Korea (4:14), runs through the MLB O/U lines to get a sense of team values (7:37), and reviews Emmanuel Clase (25:42)Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.02 rejoices the return of TGFBI drafting (0:37), bats around the Acuna news (7:26), provides updates on the longitudinal pre-season Fantasy rankings (9:07), presents the TGFBI draft scraper (14:32), and reviews Edwin Diaz (25:29).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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8.01 rejoices early spring MLB (0:39), notes TGFBI draft positions (3:36), watches the HOD season 2 teaser (4:27), realizes some relievers need slotting into the Toolz Top 100 (5:37), and reviews Josh Hader (20:21).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.00 - Introduction to the Postseason
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8.00 ponders some Fantasy Baseball League workings (0:42), workshops the pitching side of the Toolz top 100 (3:24), and reviews Devin Williams (25:39).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.48 hopes that calling the SB winners portends good fortune for 2024 picks (0:34), bats around some MLB (1:45), orders machine generated batting predictions into top-60 hitter ranks (4:37), and reviews Patrick Wisdom (30:16).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.47 finds some corner infield player movement (0:38), gives a prediction for the NFL final match (4:20) says so long and thanks for all the fish Chubbs (6:25) predicts 2024 PAs (7:43), and reviews Rhys Hoskins (22:54).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.46 finds an MLB name clone (0:38), sets a fantasy EPL lineup (3:17), reviews automated pitching rankings based on ‘real’ IPs (5:06), and reviews Eric Hosmer (21:38).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.45 - Completing the Journey
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7.45 ponders some MLB questions including who is hosting the ‘24 ASG (0:38), predicts IP for starters in ‘24 (5:31), and reviews Spencer Steer (23:14).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.44 finds some Fantasy news chatter about Star Wars (0:43) , bats around some MLB topics (4:43), ticks forward the development of a consensus rankings tracking tool (8:33), and reviews J.D. Davis (23:06).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.43 follows a few more offseason MLB moves (0:37), reacclimates to the 2024 teams by scrutinizing batting orders & pitching rotations (6:00), and reviews Luke Voit (30:12).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.42 dives into some preseason ‘24 signings (0:37), continues workshopping preseason pitching rankings by tinkering with weights (5:05), and reviews Carlos Santana (24:07).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.41 gives a quick MLB hot stove update (0:39), compares 2023 & 2024 preseason rankings while eyeing a longitudinal tracking tool (4:08), and reviews Christian Vazquez (21:20).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.40 predicts some MLB offseason player movement (0:37), tries some new queries on the 2023 MLB ownership data (7:25), and reviews Brandon Belt (26:01).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.39 looks into offseason MLB pitcher movement (0:34), peeks at the NBA (2:53), slams together some way too early 2024 SP predictions (4:31), and reviews Wilmer Flores (22:09).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.38 huddles up to the hot stove (0:40), kicks around some EPL (3:28), wanders through “Too Early” 2024 predictions (5:40), and reviews Garrett Cooper (23:50).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.37 - Select Guys That Look Like Alek Manoah
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7.37 congratulates all the newly hired managers (0:40), probes the longitudinal ownership data that has accumulated over the season (3:35), and reviews Isaac Paredes (21:44).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.36 congratulates the Texas Rangers WS win (0:36), notes the release of Gold Glove awards (1:56), scrutinizes Votto’s release (3:43), roots through the bet box (5:26), and reviews Brendan Donovan (27:58).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.35 wades into the ‘23 WS matchup (0:38), intros Bayesian Stats 101 for Fantasy Baseball (7:03), and reviews Joey Votto (18:37).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.34 bats around some MLB ‘23 Championship Series talk (0:35), tests one of the Toolz on their knowledge of the ‘23 FBB season (4:18), and reviews Juan Yepez (27:30).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.33 bats around some MLB ‘23 divisional playoffs (0:37), concludes Ahsoka season 1 & WoT 2 (4:22), does a postmortem on the Toolz TGFBI performances (11:17), and reviews Matt Mervis (28:04).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.32 welcomes the ‘23 MLB Playoffs (0:40), says so long to Tim (1:26), checks the final TGFBI standings (3:07), turns the wheel on WoT & Ahsoka (4:15), posits potential Fantasy MVP candidates (7:19), and reviews Alex Kirilloff (25:05).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.31 reads an MLB article about incredible stats (0:39), checks the TGFBI standings (5:23), rounds up WoT/Ahsoka episode 6s (6:55), wanders through players straddling AAA & MLB across hitters & pitchers (11:08), and reviews Wil Myers (24:27).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.30 finds clinching season in the MLB (0:34), checks the TGFBI standings (1:38), provides quick hits on Ahsoka & WoT (3:36), explores some Runs summary stats (8:00), and Jared Walsh (21:09).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.29 - Rule Change Precipitates Change
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7.29 reads a report on SBs (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (2:11), wanders through Ahsoka & WoT (3:23), tosses around some top 20 SP lists from the last 6 seasons for predicting repeats (7:34), and reviews Spencer Torkelson (20:00).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.28 - Late and Pre-Processed
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***Apologies for the audio quality**** 7.28 ponders the Astros/Rangers rivalry (0:35), check the TGFBI standings (2:32), wanders through Ahsoka Season 1 & WoT Season 2 (3:14), automates Minors callups analysis (7:39), and reviews Yandy Diaz (15:51).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.27 drools over 30/30 seasons while anticipating a 30/60 club (0:37), reports on the gut punch feeling of Mookie in Fenway in a Dodgers uni (2:35), checks the TGFBI standings (4:54), wanders into Ahsoka (8:05), scrutinizes accumulating HR & SB in a weekly league playoff matchup from the waiver wire (9:53), and reviews DJ LeMahieu (20:08).…
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7.26 ponders SoCal baseball (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (3:50), presents TGFBI pitching as an optimization problem (7:06), and reviews Trey Mancini (28:16).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.25 bats around some MLB topics (0:35), checks TGFBI standings (4:07), walks through a strikeout summary statistical analysis (6:30), and reviews Miguel Vargas (26:08).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.24 compares a no-hitter to a 1-hitter (0:38), checks TGFBI standings (2:48), notes the EPL’s return (6:13), tries modeling pitching rotation order for forecasting pitcher matchups (7:47), and reviews Seth Brown (22:46).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.23 bats around some MLB trade deadline ‘23 moves (0:38), walks through some TGFBI news (4:08), works through all the closer things (6:28), and reviews Triston Casas (22:18).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.22 bats around Immaculate Grid (0:38), diagnoses TGFBI failings (5:34), and reviews Brandon Drury (23:22).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.21 shows some AL bias while pondering the ‘23 ASG (0:38), checks the TGFBI standings but really considers closer movement (1:48), pours over run differential differential predictions modeling progress (5:03), and reviews Alec Bohm (21:35).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.20 tackles recent pitching gems (0:35), rejoices the ASG break’s chance for a breather in TGFBI (3:13), presents an update on the wins prediction model based on run differential differentials (6:41), and reviews Josh Naylor (26:12).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.19 ponders ASG impact on Fantasy (0:35), checks TGFBI standings (5:56), sets some over/under lines for the bet box (8:07), and reviews Joey Meneses (29:34).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.18 - Run Differential Differential
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7.18 hails the halfway point in the MLB season (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (2:47), talks about what to do when data disappears while presenting opponent quality through run differential differential/delta based win probability (6:44), and reviews Luis Arraez (22:27).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.17 - Should/could be more SBs
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7.17 bats around some MLB topics (0:38), checks TGFBI standings (6:10), scrutinizes some summary Stolen Base stats (7:15), and reviews Jake Cronenworth (21:14).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.16 strolls through the CHW bullpen (0:41), check the TGFBI standings (3:34), wanders into Fantasy universe show speculation (6:45), continues examining opponent quality by looking at strength of schedule through a Fantasy lens (9:27), and reviews Jose Miranda (23:59).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.15 tosses around some MLB topics (0:38), performs a TGFBI Toolz check-in (4:50), bats around some thoughts on modeling opponent quality for picking up more wins/Ks (10:18), and reviews Josh Bell (21:17).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.14 - Lyrical Sounding Names
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7.14 bats around some MLB topics (0:39), checks the TGFBI standings (3:59), checks preseason pitching projections (6:46), and reviews Ty France (24:50).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.13 hits around some MLB topics (0:38), checks Toolz Derby results & TGFBI standings (6:15), checks how preseason projections have shifted with current rest of season projections (8:07), and reviews Rowdy Tellez (24:48).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.12 welcomes the Toolz derby while working through some Southern California bias (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:45), presents batting order scraping automation updates (6:01), and reviews Anthony Rizzo (24:45).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.11 - Most Beautiful Ballpark
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7.11 explores the Pirates hometown (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (4:47), continues MLB team over/under tracking (9:07), and reviews Andrew Vaughn (24:00).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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7.10 finds Mexico City offensive (0:38), reports TGFBI standings (3:09), notes some recent add/drops (5:17), discusses pitching ratio stat convergence (7:37), and reviews Ryan Mountcastle (23:46).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode7.09 - Coarse Grained Convergence
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7.09 preps for the Pirates (0:36), checks the TGFBI standings(2:21), bids Mando adieu (4:03), wanders through MLB stat accumulation rates for the season so far pondering whether or not we should believe actualized stats (8:10), and reviews Christian Walker (24:19).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 7.08 - Eight Other Guys Hitting
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7.08 tackles important early season MLB stories (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:28), walks through recent add/drops (4:33), works through Mando (6:52), presents some MLB team quality automation (8:32), and reviews CJ Cron (21:18).Bởi Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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